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First Edition of “Integris Data Privacy Dictionary” Available Online
From a Stay Safe Online/National Cyber Security Alliance Blog Post: …the Integris Data Privacy Dictionary serves as a resource to enable a better understanding of global data privacy regulations and terms. This privacy dictionary contains the most prevalent privacy terms that represent common searches, headlines, and worldwide regulations. In this first edition, you will find […]
New Report Provides Data/Analysis on “STEM and the American Workforce”
From ScienceisUS: This analysis finds that the vast majority of American economic activity is attributable to STEM. The American STEM workforce is not only composed of Silicon Valley coders and Ph.D. scientists, but also includes STEM professionals working in occupations that do not require a bachelor’s degree. These licensed practical nurses, electricians, advanced manufacturing specialists, […]
A George Washington University “Library Campaign Shares Students’ Stories About Course Material Affordability”
From The Hatchet: Gelman Library staff launched a “Postcard Campaign” at the start of this semester to offer students the chance to create cards detailing their struggles with affording textbooks and other course items by showing other items they could have purchased, like food, with the money spent on course materials. Gelman officials said the postcards will […]
New Survey From Pew Research “Finds Most Americans Support Right to Have Some Personal Info Removed From Online Searches”
From Pew Research: Americans prefer to keep certain information about themselves outside the purview of online searches, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in June 2019. Given the option, 74% of U.S. adults say it is more important to be able to “keep things about themselves from being searchable online,” while 23% say […]
National Archives (NARA) Seattle Facility Approved For Closure
From NARA: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facility in Seattle, WA, has been approved for eventual closure and sale. The facility was recommended for sale by the Public Buildings Reform Board (PBRB) and approved for sale by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) through the authorities and process established in the Federal […]
Listen Online: “Dusting Off the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archives”
From The Bottom Line (University of California, Santa Barbara): Tucked away on the third floor mountain side of the [UCSB’s Davidson Library] is the Cylinder Audio Archive, a carefully curated collection of over 19,000 historic phonograph cylinders. Invented by Thomas Edison in the late 1800s — long before CDs, cassette tapes, and vinyl records — phonograph cylinders […]
A New Data Mining/Extraction Partnership: Springer Nature Will Provide OpenAIRE Access to its Full-Text Articles and Chapters, Regardless of Open Access Status/Access Rights
From a Joint News Release: Starting immediately, Springer Nature will provide OpenAIRE, an EU organisation that facilitates openness in scholarly communication, access to its full-text articles and chapters, regardless of their open access status and access rights. This will enable OpenAIRE to extract links from articles, research data and other scholarly outputs using text and data mining algorithms. Such […]
Roundup (January 27, 2020)
Cambridge University Press Strikes First Major Read and Publish Agreement in Japan Conflict Between Open Access and Open Science: APCs are a Key Part of the Problem, Preprints are a Key Part of the Solution The Knowledge Exchange and Transitional Open Access for Smaller Publishers (via JISC) U.S. Government Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure To Recommend […]
“The Library is a Smart City’s ‘Hub for Digital Intelligence'”
From Smart Cities Dive Article (approx. 2100 words): As one of the most trusted spaces and sources of information, libraries are playing an increasingly important role in smart cities. And as cities partner with libraries to disseminate information about municipal services, close digital divides and boost civic engagement, that role will likely continue to evolve. Cities/Libraries Mentioned […]